Friday, March 31, 2017

Friday, March 31

Short block due to half day/inclement weather schedule.
Postponed vocabulary quiz due to attendance issues.

Finished watching No Impact Man.

DUE DATES
FRIDAY, March 29: THREE Double Entry Journal notes on No Impact Man are due for a grade.
TUESDAY, April 4: Whitman and Poetry vocabulary quiz. 
 
Mondays: weekly reading logs are due.

Thursday, March 30, 2017

Thursday, March 30

Choice: silent reading, vocabulary study, or work on DEJs on No Impact Man.
Guidance visit for scheduling.
Continued watching No Impact Man.

DUE DATES
WEDNESDAY, March 29: Third Quarter ends. 
FRIDAY, March 29: THREE Double Entry Journal notes on No Impact Man are due for a grade.

Mondays: weekly reading logs are due.

Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Wednesday, March 29

HOMEWORK: Read "Form in Poetry" and Walt Whitman background information (394-396).

Choice: silent reading, vocabulary study, or work on DEJs on No Impact Man.

Continued watching No Impact Man.
Paused for students to make notes on DEJ forms.
(Three DEJs will be due by the end of the film; students will have a chance to expand on or revise their notes.)


DUE DATES
WEDNESDAY, March 29: Third Quarter ends. 
FRIDAY, March 29: THREE Double Entry Journal notes on No Impact Man are due for a grade.

Mondays: weekly reading logs are due.

Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Tuesday, March 28

Introduced Whitman and Poetic Forms vocabulary unit.

Continued watching No Impact Man.
Paused for students to make notes on Double-entry journal forms.
(Three DEJs will be due by the end of the film; students will have a chance to expand on or revise their notes.)


DUE DATES
WEDNESDAY, March 29: Third Quarter ends. 
THURDAY, March 29: THREE Double Entry Journal notes on No Impact Man are due for a grade.

Mondays: weekly reading logs are due.

Monday, March 27, 2017

Monday, March 27

Homework check: DEJ on "Spring" and "Conclusion" (389--391)
Silent reading.
COLLECTED weekly reading logs.

COLLECTED 3 Double Entry Journal notes on Walden.
Introduced and began watching No Impact Man.  (Three DEJs will be due by the end of the film.)


DUE DATES
WEDNESDAY, March 29: Third Quarter ends. 
WEDNESDAY, March 29 (tentatively): THREE Double Entry Journal notes on No Impact Man are due for a grade.

Mondays: weekly reading logs are due.

Friday, March 24, 2017

Friday, March 24

Silent reading.
Discussed excerpts questions, observations, and DEJS from first parts of Walden (382--388).

HOMEWORK: Read "Spring" and "Conclusion" (389--391) and write one more double entry journal note on Walden.


DUE DATES

MONDAY, March 27: THREE Double Entry Journal notes on Walden excerpts are due for a grade.
WEDNESDAY, March 29: Third Quarter ends.

Mondays: weekly reading logs are due.

Thursday, March 23, 2017

Thursday, March 23

Students read Build Background for Walden excerpts (381).
Silent reading.
Quick write and share on what it means to live life fully and well.

Began reading excerpts from Walden; read "Where I Lived and What I Lived for" (382--386) and discussed questions and observations.

HOMEWORK: Read "Solitude" and "The Pond in Winter" (386--388) and write two double entry journal notes on noteworthy passages on any part of the Walden excerpts so far.


DUE DATES

FRIDAY, March 24: Two Double Entry Journal notes on Walden excerpts through "The Pond in Winter."

Mondays: weekly reading logs are due.

Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Wednesday, March 22

Homework check: DEJs on Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience" and on Gandhi's "On Civil Disobedience."
Quick write: is the use of violence ever OK?  By individuals?  The state?  Explain your view.

Book group style discussion of "Civil Disobedience" and Gandhi's"On Civil Disobedience."

DUE DATES

Mondays: weekly reading logs are due.

Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Tuesday, March 21

Silent reading/ catch up reading or work on DEJs on "Civil Disobedience."

Finished reading Thoreau's essay "Civil Disobedience" in our textbooks (370--376).
Flagged and began discussion of striking or puzzling passages from the text.

HOMEWORK: Finish adding a second DEJ note on "Civil Disobedience" and read Gandhi selection, "On Civil Disobedience" (377).  Add a third DEJ note, on Gandhi's words, and be ready to share observations book-club style tomorrow.

DUE DATES

WEDNESDAY, March 20: TWO DEJ noteS on "Civil Disobedience" and read Gandhi selection, "On Civil Disobedience" (377).  Add a third DEJ note, on Gandhi.

Monday, March 20, 2017

Monday, March 20

Silent reading.
COLLECTED weekly reading logs.
Distributed DEJ forms.

Began reading Thoreau's essay "Civil Disobedience" in our textbooks (370--376; now on 373).
Flagged and began discussion of striking or puzzling passages from the text.  (Will be responsible for two entries with comments on two passages by the end of the reading.)

DUE DATES

MONDAY, March 20: Read background on Thoreau on page 369 of our textbooks.

Friday, March 17, 2017

Friday, March 17

Silent reading.

Finished reading Act 2 of "The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail."
Assigned HOMEWORK: Read background on Thoreau on page 369 of our textbooks.
Introduced topic of civil disobedience.

DUE DATES

MONDAY, March 20: Read background on Thoreau on page 369 of our textbooks.

Thursday, March 16, 2017

Thursday, March 16

Shared and COLLECTED  Blizzard Bag #5. (Can submit for a grade through Thursday, March 23.)
Writers' Workshop: last touches on reflective essays.

Continued reading Act 2 of "The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail" (30--81; now on 78).

DUE DATES

THURSDAY, March 16: Final drafts of essay due for a grade. (Change reflects snow day.)

Monday, March 13, 2017

Monday, March 13

Silent reading.
COLLECTED weekly reading logs.
Assigned Blizzard Bag #5
Act One reading quiz.

Began reading Act 2 of "The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail" (30--81; now on 71).


DUE DATES

WEDNESDAY, March 15: Final drafts of essay due for a grade.

Friday, March 10, 2017

Friday, March 10

Continued revision of aphorism essays.

Continued reading "The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail" (30--81; now on 56).
HOMEWORK: Finish reading Act 1 for Monday; be prepared for a reading quiz.

DUE DATES
WEDNESDAY, March 15: Final drafts of essay due for a grade. THIS IS A CHANGE.

Thursday, March 9, 2017

Thursday, March 9

Revisions of aphorism essays.

Continued reading "The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail" (30--81; now on 50).

DUE DATES
FRIDAY, March 3: Group discussion of rough drafts of aphorism essays.
WEDNESDAY, March 15: Final drafts of essay due for a grade. THIS IS A CHANGE.

Wednesday, March 8, 2017

Wednesday, March 8

Finished writers' group discussion of aphorism essays responding to "Self-Reliance."
Continued reading "The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail" (30--81; now on 42).

DUE DATES
FRIDAY, March 3: Group discussion of rough drafts of aphorism essays.
WEDNESDAY, March 15: Final drafts of essay due for a grade. THIS IS A CHANGE.

Tuesday, March 7, 2017

Tuesday, March 7

Short class due to early release schedule.

Writers' group discussion of aphorism essays responding to "Self-Reliance."

DUE DATES
FRIDAY, March 3: Group discussion of rough drafts of aphorism essays.
WEDNESDAY, March 15: Final drafts of essay due for a grade. THIS IS A CHANGE.

Monday, March 6, 2017

Monday, March 6

Silent reading.
COLLECTED weekly reading logs.

Writers' group discussion of aphorism essays responding to "Self-Reliance."

DUE DATES
FRIDAY, March 3: Group discussion of rough drafts of aphorism essays.
FRIDAY, March 10: Final drafts of essay due for a grade.

Friday, March 3

Writers' group discussion aphorism essays responding to "Self-Reliance."

DUE DATES
FRIDAY, March 3: Group discussion of rough drafts of aphorism essays.
FRIDAY, March 10: Final drafts of essay due for a grade.

Thursday, March 2, 2017

Thursday, March 2

Students shared their aphorism essays responding to "Self-Reliance"via Google Docs for tomorrow's writers' group.
Writers' workshop.

Last Longfellow presentation.

Continued reading The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail.  (Now on page 40.)


DUE DATES
FRIDAY, March 3: Group discussion of rough drafts of aphorism essays.
FRIDAY, March 10: Final drafts of essay due for a grade.

Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Wednesday, March 1

Students continued writing aphorism essays (650--1000 words) responding to "Self-Reliance" (364--366).
Continued reading The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail.  (Now on page 38.)


DUE DATES
THURSDAY, March 2: Rough drafts of Personal Essay should be done, in MLA format in Google Docs, for a writers' group discussion on FRIDAY.